25 January 2017 Current Affairs

National Voter’s Day being observed on 25th January

Today, marks the seventh National Voters day Since 2011, January 25th is observed as National Voters day, this day reminds the responsibility vested with every citizen towards voting and also the power of every single voter. The objective of the day is “to encourage and empower the youth” to participate in voting and to make them enroll in voter’s list if they have crossed 18 years of age.


David Boon, Matthew Hayden Join Australian Hall of Fame

Australians openers David Boon, Matthew Hayden and the late Betty Wilson will be joined into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Top-order batsmen Boon and Hayden were key figures who played more than 100 tests for Australia, while all rounder Wilson was female cricketer, ahead of her time, Hall of Fame Chairman.


Venezuelan honours Vladimir Putin with Hugo Chavez Peace Prize

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced the creation of peace Prize in honour of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and said he was awarding it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The announcement comes on the same day that the Nobel Committee awarded its annual peace Prize to Juan Manuel  Santos, President of neighbouring Colombia, for his role in negotiating a peace agreement with Marxist FARC rebels.


PADMA AWARDS 2017: LIST OF AWARDEES OF PADMA VIBHUSHAN,PADMA BHUSHAN,PADMA SHRI

The announcement of Padma awards 2017 must have bring a smile on the face of all winners. Indian Cricket Captain Virat kohli ,  Indian freestyle wrestler and Olympic hero Sakshi Malik, singer Kailash Kher,Singer Anuradha Paudwal has also been awarded with most respected awards.

NCP leader Sharad Pawar, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, classical singer KJ Yesudas, former MP CM SL Patwa have been awarded Padma Vibhushan. In total, 89 people have got the Padma awards this year.

 Here are the list of Padma Awardees:

Padma Vibhushan

1. Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala

2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Spiritualism, Tamil Nadu

3. Shri Sharad Pawar, Public Affairs, Maharashtra

4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi, Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh

5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering Karnataka

6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa, (Posthumous), Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh

7. Late Shri PA Sangma, (Posthumous), Public Affairs Meghalaya

 Padma Bhushan

8. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music Rajasthan

9. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi, Lit, rature & Education, Uttar Pradesh

10. Shri Tehemton Udwadia Medicine, Maharashtra

11. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism, Gujarat

12. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati, Yoga, Bihar

13. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner), Literature & Education, Thailand

14. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) Literature & Education – Journalism Tamil Nadu

 Padma Shri

15. Smt. Basanti Bisht, Art-Music, Uttarakhand

16. Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair, Art-Dance, Kerala

17. Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance, Odisha

18. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka

19. Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha

20. Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu

21. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music, Manipur

22. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music, Uttar Pradesh

23. Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting, Bihar

24. Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting, Rajasthan

25. Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao Art-Sculpture, Telangana

26. Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music, Odisha

27. Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music, Maharashtra

28. Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music, Kerala

29. Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music, Karnataka

30. Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music, Jharkhand

31. Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music, Gujarat

32. Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music, Maharashtra

33. Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre, Manipur

34. Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil Service, Telangana

35. Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service, Haryana

36. Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service, Delhi

37. Shri Birkha Bahadur LimbooMuringla, Literature & Education, Sikkim

38. Smt. Eli Ahmed Literature & Education Assam

39. Dr. Narendra Kohli Literature & Education Delhi

40. Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah Literature & Education Karnataka

41. Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education Kerala

42. Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu &Kashmir

43. Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education Delhi

44. Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh

45. Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu

46. Shri Punam Suri Literature & Education Delhi

47. Shri VG Patel Literature & Education Gujarat

48. Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh

49. Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & EducationJournalismJharkhand

50. Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & EducationJournalism Maharashtra

51. Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & EducationJournalism Gujarat

52. Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat

53. Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh

54. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana

55. Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh

56. Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel Medicine Gujarat

57. Prof. Harkishan Singh Medicine Chandigarh

58. Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Chandigarh

59. Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh

60. Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary Maharashtra

61. Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala

62. Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture Gujarat

63. Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana

64. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal

65. Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh

66. Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami Science & Engineering Assam

67. Shri Daripalli Ramaiah Social Work Telangana

68. Shri Girish Bhardwaj Social Work Karnataka

69. Shri Karimul Hak Social Work West Bengal

70. Shri Bipin Ganatra Social Work West Bengal

71. Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social work Tamil Nadu

72. Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social Work Maharashtra

73. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social Work Punjab

74. Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket Delhi

75. Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket Karnataka

76. Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka

77. Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics Haryana

78. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu

79. Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura

80. Shri P R Shreejesh Sports-Hockey Kerala

81. Smt. Sakshi Malik Sports-Wrestling Haryana

82. Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry Telangana

83. Shri Imrat Khan

84. Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education USA

85. Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) Literature & EducationJournalism USA

86. Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu

87. Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal

88. Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra

89. Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work Nepal

Captain of Indian cricket team of blind Shekhar Naik and Paralympian MariyappanThangavelu got Padma Shri. Dipa Karmakar also got Padma Shri.


India, UK Join Hands to Tackle Delhi Air Pollution Risks

India, has partnered with the British experts over a project that aims to study the air pollution level in Delhi and health problems associated it. The project “ASAP- Delhi An Integrated study of Air Pollutant Sources in Delhi National Capital Region would be led by University of Birmingham and would also involve experts from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, the Indian National physical Laboratory and University of surrey.


Union Govt launched Rub SIS for  Rubber Growers

Commerce & Industry Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman launched Rubber Soil Information system (Rub SIS), an online system for recommending application of appropriate mix of fertilizers to the specific plantations of rubber growers  depending upon this soil nature. Rub SIS is developed by Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) under the Rubber Board in Collaboration with three agencies  like Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala.

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